Funding search · EIN 753034316 · Rosevvile, CA
The Robert S & Star Pepper
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 53
- grants reported
- $2.5M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $20,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- The Leadership Institute3 grants · $600,000
- Mercy Foundation3 grants · $400,000
- Marshall Foundation for Comm Health1 grant · $300,000
- Media Research Center1 grant · $128,000
- Powerhouse Ministries3 grants · $120,000
- Heritage Foundation3 grants · $115,000
- Mercy Foundation1 grant · $100,000
- Folsom Lake College2 grants · $100,000
- Human Coalition1 grant · $70,000
- Judicial Watch3 grants · $55,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 53 reported grants, largest first.
- $300,000
Marshall Foundation for Comm Health · Cameron Park, CA · 2025
General
- $250,000
The Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2024
General
- $250,000
The Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2023
General
- $200,000
Mercy Foundation · Rancho Cordova, CA · 2023
Education
- $128,000
Media Research Center · Reston, VA · 2022
General
- $100,000
Mercy Foundation · Rancho Cordova, CA · 2025
Education
- $100,000
Powerhouse Ministries · Folsom, CA · 2025
Ministries
- $100,000
The Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2025
General
- $100,000
Mercy Foundation · Rancho Cordova, CA · 2024
Education
- $100,000
Mercy Foundation · Rancho Cordova, CA · 2022
Education
- $70,000
Human Coalition · Plano, TX · 2022
Religious
- $50,000
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General
- $50,000
Folsom Lake College · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Education
- $50,000
Folsom Lake College · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Education
- $50,000
Media Research Center · Reston, VA · 2023
General
- $50,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2022
General
- $40,000
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General
- $40,000
Powerhouse Ministries · Folsom, CA · 2022
Ministries
- $30,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2023
General
- $30,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2022
General
- $25,000
America First Legal · Washington, DC · 2025
General
- $25,000
Center for Renewing America · Washington, DC · 2024
General
- $25,000
Human Coalition · Frisco, TX · 2024
General
- $25,000
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General
- $20,000
America First Legal · Washington, DC · 2024
General
- $20,000
American Center for Law Justice · Washington, DC · 2022
General
- $20,000
Bayside Church · Roseville, CA · 2022
Religious
- $20,000
Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2022
General
- $15,000
Hoover Institute · Stanford, CA · 2025
General
- $15,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2025
General
- $15,000
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General
- $10,000
Human Coalition · Frisco, TX · 2025
General
- $10,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2025
General
- $10,000
Hoover Institute · Stanford, CA · 2024
General
- $10,000
Judicial Watch · Washington, DC · 2024
General
- $10,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024
General
- $10,000
Powerhouse Ministries · Folsom, CA · 2024
Ministries
- $10,000
The Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024
General
- $10,000
Center for Renewing America · Washington, DC · 2023
General
- $10,000
Hoover Institute · Stanford, CA · 2023
General
- $10,000
Powerhouse Ministries · Folsom, CA · 2023
Ministries
- $10,000
The Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2023
General
- $10,000
Everyone Matters Ministries · Rocklin, CA · 2022
Ministries
- $10,000
Hoover Institution · Stanford, CA · 2022
General
- $10,000
Prager University Foundation · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2022
Education
- $10,000
The Independent Institute · Oakland, CA · 2022
General
- $6,000
Uc Davis Foundation · Davis, CA · 2024
General
- $5,000
Everyone Matters Ministries · Rocklin, CA · 2024
Ministries
- $5,000
State Freedom Caucus Network · Washington, DC · 2024
General
- $5,000
Everyone Matters Ministries · Rocklin, CA · 2023
Ministries
- $5,000
Take Note Troupe · Loomis, CA · 2023
General
- $5,000
Energy for Mission · Cedar Park, TX · 2022
General
- $2,000
National Aviation Education Center · Dallas, TX · 2022
General
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